Manager Assets

Lake Macquarie City Council; Newcastle City Council; On-site; AUD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration package

Flexible work arrangements

Long service leave after five years

Lead a high-performing team

Influence the future of the city

Job summary

Lake Macquarie City Council is seeking an exceptional leader to join the Built and Natural Assets leadership team as Manager Assets in Newcastle, NSW. You will guide strategic planning, manage a diverse assets portfolio and oversee a multi-million dollar capital program, influencing how our city grows and how communities experience growth.

Leading a team of around 55 professionals, you’ll ensure financial stewardship, deliver meaningful outcomes, and work with Executive and governing bodies to

Qualifications

• Demonstrated success leading large and diverse teams.
• Significant experience in asset management, infrastructure planning and capital delivery.
• Strong understanding of contemporary asset management practices and frameworks.
• Experience aligning asset management planning with long-term financial sustainability.
• Proven ability to influence outcomes through collaboration and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic planning, management and delivery of assets portfolio worth billions.
• Oversee the delivery of capital program and operating budget.
• Contribute to organisational leadership and decision making within council.

Skills

Team leadership

Asset management

Infrastructure planning

Capital delivery

Stakeholder engagement

Strategic leadership

Local government experience

Job description

Lake Macquarie City Council - Newcastle NSW

At Lake Macquarie City Council, we're planning for the future of one of Australia's fastest-growing regional cities.

We're looking for an exceptional leader to join our Built and Natural Assets leadership team and help shape the infrastructure, public spaces and community assets that support more than 220,000 residents today and for generations to come.

As Manager Assets, you'll lead the strategic planning, management and delivery of a diverse portfolio of community and infrastructure assets worth billions of dollars. From roads, footpaths and drainage networks to playgrounds, sporting facilities, libraries, community buildings, jetties and waterfront assets, your work will directly influence how our city grows and how our community experiences that growth.

This is a significant leadership opportunity. You'll lead a team of approximately 55 highly skilled professionals, manage an operating budget of around $42 million and oversee the delivery of a capital program of approximately $66 million. But what makes this role truly exciting is the opportunity to create lasting impact through the places and infrastructure our community relies on every day.

Reporting to the Director Built and Natural Assets, you'll be a key member of Council's Organisational Leadership Team, contributing to organisation-wide decision making and helping shape the long-term future of our city. You'll work alongside a collaborative and capable leadership team that is passionate about delivering meaningful outcomes for the community.

Read the position statement to learn more about this exciting opportunity.

LET'S DESCRIBE YOU

You're a strategic and authentic leader who enjoys bringing together technical expertise, people leadership, financial stewardship and community outcomes.

You can see the bigger picture while maintaining a strong focus on delivery. You thrive in complex environments, build trusted relationships and bring people together to achieve shared goals. You're equally comfortable engaging with technical specialists, executive leaders, governing bodies and community stakeholders.

Most importantly, you're motivated by the opportunity to make a genuine difference and leave a lasting legacy through the infrastructure and assets that support thriving communities.

You'll also have:

• Demonstrated success leading large and diverse teams.
• Significant experience in asset management, infrastructure planning and capital delivery.
• Strong understanding of contemporary asset management practices and frameworks.
• Experience aligning asset management planning with long-term financial sustainability.
• Proven ability to influence outcomes through collaboration, stakeholder engagement and strategic leadership.
• Local government experience is not essential but desirable.

LET'S REVEAL THE PERKS

• Competitive remuneration package on offer.
• Flexible work arrangements and wellbeing support.
• Long service leave after five years.
• Lead a high-performing team delivering meaningful outcomes.
• Influence the future of one of Australia's most desirable regional cities.
• Work on assets and infrastructure that improve lives every day.
• Opportunity to leave a lasting legacy for your community.

LET'S TALK ABOUT US

We know it is our people that will shape the future of our city. That's why we're passionate about providing a workplace that empowers our staff to be creative, innovative and bold. When you join the team at Lake Macquarie City Council, you're joining a group of people with a commitment to make our city even better. We're proud of our city and the work we do, and we know you will be too.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workforce. We believe that a diverse network of employees, which truly reflects the people it serves and represents, is best equipped to understand and meet the needs of our community. We welcome and encourage applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, the LGBTIQ+ community, refugees and people with disability. We understand the skills and attributes veterans can bring to our Council.

Please note that prior to an offer, recommended candidates will may be required to undertake relevant pre-employment checks including a criminal history check and medical assessment which may include alcohol and other drugs testing.

LET'S START

If you're looking for a role where you can have real influence, lead talented people and help shape the future of one of Australia's great regional cities, we'd love to hear from you.